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Archive Site: Millennium Philcon Programming Brainstorming Session - November 18, 2000Ideas Ann Crispin and publishing scams (Brenda Clough, too) Multimedia fiction - Ann Crispin is writing a fantasy and Michael Longcor (sic?) is writing filk for it. Ann Crispin is writing a Star Trek comic Elaine Stiles wants more fan history, including in the fan lounge How to build good bookshelves - have a book-shelf building seminar in a room in the Marriott early on Thursday morning, then use the bookshelves in the Fan Lounge. Must have all wood pre-cut!!! Care and management of "textbooks." Devious plots in fandom Thursday - Local beer day? Talk to Stoudts, Victory, Yards, Owen's, Capitol, Dock Street and Monk's - what could we do with this? Brewing in zero gravity Human genome - how does knowing the genome effect identity? What are the political reamifications? Biological weaponry? Mutants and X-men? Get Jed Shumsky and schedule a very large room. Probably Greg Bear too. Monday - Hugo winner panel Medical oddities, research - Muller Museum (in Philly?) Try to organize a net chat for the December meeting The "non-physical" convention (a controversial topic since the Sci Fi Channel says they organized the first one when they missed that date by over a year!) SFWA Mentors Philadelphai Area Space Alliance Derrick Pitts - in charge of the Astronomy Department at the Franklin Institute. Jim Moskowitz is in charge of Programming at the Franklin Institute Dave Kraz - NASA in Virginia The year in physics - Graham Collins - Scientific American Filking - the science behind the song. The science behind the story. The science of the X-Files. Find about about the Physics Lecture series at the Princeton Institute Heart and lung research Joni - researcher Space Studies Institute, Princeton Charles Sheffield used to be a student of Freeman Dyson's - see if he can get Dyson to come one day World-building "mini-track" - get a peson to take notes and perhaps develop a Web site about it. Include a panel on filking/song-writing about the new world. Future archealogy - looking back at current events/things. Bucky did something similar - how did it work out? Xena vs. Buffy Have a Web-based magazine seminar to get people developing these things to talk together. Zine Guide - JJ knows how started it. What will be the future of e-zines? Is a convention valid for online fans? How will EBay impact the prce of collectibles? Fanzine fandom in transition Writing in different voices. Different ways to teach writers Bob Walters - art panels Big fantasy movies - LOTR Charles Pellegrino on Atlantis and Archaelogy Larry Clough and Bruce Schneier (and others) on the techy side of computer security and algorithms like babelfish YA: Greg Fishbone; How to Become a Superhero in 10 Easy Steps Copyright law (Fishbone, Feldbaum, Feld) Harry Potter parody Upcoming Meetings
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